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Living with uncertainty: concept advancement.

Janice Penrod1

  • 1Nursing College of Health and Human Development and Assistant Professor of Humanities College of Medicine, The Pennsylvania State University, PA, USA. jlp198@psu.edu

Journal of Advanced Nursing
|March 10, 2007
PubMed
Summary

Understanding uncertainty is advanced by exploring the lived experience of caregivers. Confidence and control shape uncertainty, which is dynamic and influenced by cognitive and precognitive knowing.

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Area of Science:

  • Nursing
  • Qualitative Research
  • Concept Advancement

Background:

  • Concept analysis techniques are evolving for research and practice.
  • Distinguishing concept analysis from concept advancement is crucial.
  • This study advances the concept of uncertainty.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To advance the scientific understanding of uncertainty.
  • To explore the lived experience of uncertainty among family caregivers.
  • To derive a new conceptual definition of uncertainty with greater utility.

Main Methods:

  • Concept analysis to understand the state of the science.
  • Phenomenological investigation of uncertainty in family caregivers.
  • Template comparison of phenomenological findings with theoretical definitions.

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Main Results:

  • Uncertainty stems from perceptions of outcomes challenging confidence and control.
  • Uncertainty is present-oriented and influenced by cognitive and precognitive knowing.
  • Varied types and modes of uncertainty arise from individual perceptions.

Conclusions:

  • Confidence and control are central to the experience of uncertainty.
  • Uncertainty is a dynamic experience influenced by cognitive and precognitive processes.
  • Probabilistic models do not encompass all modes of uncertainty, such as existential and situational uncertainty.